"There is a mini cottage industry of punditry that is forever on the lookout for the merest hint of disrespect toward #conservative voters, particularly #rural & working-class #white ones. But the fact that the #GOP nominee for president approvingly posted a video that declares a large ideological subgroup of #Americans “done” & “gone” if he is elected... appears to have garnered almost no headlines." https://newrepublic.com/article/181973/trump-media-attacks-media-dangerous-turn
It did not stumble and rush through its space, this quiet stream. Rather, it literally flowed with the landscape, and when it encountered barriers, it either went around them or kept nudging, pushing, and bumping against them until it found a way through.
The mortality rate is higher among #rural adults — and the gap with urban areas is growing
Rural adults from ages 25-54 died of natural causes at a 6% higher rate than urban residents in 1999. Twenty years later, that number grew to 43%, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
"Indigenous men and women experienced the largest rate increase, with Indigenous women seeing the largest rate spike over the 20-year period..."
When painting this abstract landscape painting, I had fun letting watercolor, ink and water flow and playing with the expressive color contrast between the bold red of the barn and the bright greens of the landscape.
Senate Veterans’ Affairs Chair Calls for More Mental Health Care Providers in #Rural Areas
Citing ProPublica’s reporting on the barriers faced by veterans in crisis, Sen. Jon Tester asked VA Secretary Denis McDonough to increase the number of providers and ensure they are “in locations where #veterans need them most.”
May the artwork take you to one of those sleepy, quiet days in summer, when it's too hot to do anything but sit on the porch with a glass of iced tea, and watch the grass sway ever so gently in the breeze.
Donald #Trump often tells #rural folks that he loves them. Contrary to myth, not all of them love him back. According to The Rural Voter, a new book by the political scientists Nicholas Jacobs and Dan Shea, only about one in 10 rural people are what they call “#rabble-rousers” the kind of #MAGA die-hards who tweet incessantly or raise a stink at school board meetings, often with an intimidating edge.